nodejs-whisper through 0.3.1 contains an OS command injection vulnerability in convertToWavType() that allows attackers to execute commands by supplying crafted audio file paths. Attackers can provide file names containing $() command substitution or closing quotes, which are interpolated into an ffmpeg command run via shelljs exec(), executing OS commands with Node.js process privileges.
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Wed, 14 Oct 2026 14:30:00 +0000

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Description nodejs-whisper through 0.3.1 contains an OS command injection vulnerability in convertToWavType() that allows attackers to execute commands by supplying crafted audio file paths. Attackers can provide file names containing $() command substitution or closing quotes, which are interpolated into an ffmpeg command run via shelljs exec(), executing OS commands with Node.js process privileges.
Title nodejs-whisper through 0.3.1 OS Command Injection via convertToWavType
Weaknesses CWE-78
References
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 9.8, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H'}

cvssV4_0

{'score': 9.3, 'vector': 'CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N'}


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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: VulnCheck

Published:

Updated: 2026-10-14T17:35:48.971Z

Reserved: 2026-10-14T13:07:34.779Z

Link: CVE-2026-110644

cve-icon Vulnrichment

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Received

Published: 2026-10-14T15:17:17.940

Modified: 2026-10-14T18:17:35.667

Link: CVE-2026-110644

cve-icon Redhat

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cve-icon OpenCVE Enrichment

Updated: 2026-10-14T20:45:06Z

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